My mom is waiting for treatment, and you're summoning me to be a hero?

Chapter 223 Setting off for the Dragon Clan

The coronation ceremony has finally come to an end.

The nobles dispersed with a sigh of relief, each returning home to lick their wounds and plot how to survive in the new dynasty.

The dwarves finished their last sip of wine, then shouldered their warhammers and went to find a place to sleep.

The people of Mingbei City were put into a temporary camp, and Shi Qin and Shi Hu were busy settling them in.

Laihu, carrying the level 90 essence, happily went to find a place to refine it.

Lin Mo returned to the palace.

He was sitting in an empty side hall, with a thick stack of reports piled up in front of him.

He Yuan stood to the side, holding several unopened rolls in his hands.

"Your Majesty, this is a list of all the famous heroes within the Empire, including their rank, deeds, personality assessment, and current location."

He also placed those volumes on the table.

Lin Mo turned to the first page.

[Zhou Xiaotian: Level 70, S-rank Hero. Personality: Irritable, womanizing. Deeds: Married a wife every time he leveled up, totaling seventy wives. After reaching S-rank, he stopped improving and lived in Moda City with his wives, running rampant and oppressing the people. Local officials, fearing his hero status, dared not intervene.]

Lin Mo frowned slightly as he looked at the report.

Seventy wives.

Get promoted one level and marry one.

Once you reach S-rank, you won't be able to level up any further.

"What kind of rotten fish and shrimp is this?"

He tossed the report aside, his tone devoid of anger, only displaying a nonchalant indifference.

He Yuan quickly picked up the page and put it on the stack labeled "Not to be processed for the time being".

Lin Mo continued flipping through the pages.

Page 2, Page 3, Page 4.

The content is basically the same.

Some of them abused their status as heroes to bully and oppress the local people.

Some form cliques and small circles.

Some simply seized the mountain and became local tyrants.

Occasionally, a few people who seriously kill monsters are pushed to the sidelines, either ostracized or forgotten.

Lin Mo found it increasingly boring.

He even began to doubt whether he was overthinking things.

Is this group of people worthy of him making a special list for them? Is it worthy of his personal attention?

Until he turned to the fifth page.

[Chu Tian: Level 61, A-rank Hero. Personality: Extremely cautious. Deeds: At level 50, he encountered a slime in the wilderness. He immediately activated his Holy Awakening and used all his strength to kill it. Fearing that the slime's corpse might attack him, he followed up with a powerful attack, leveling the area within a ten-zhang radius. From then on, he used this method in every battle, never leaving any room for retreat.]

Yin Xue leaned closer for a look, and his lips twitched slightly.

"Isn't this... being overly cautious? It's just a slime, is it really necessary to be so cautious?"

Lin Mo stared at the name and remained silent for a moment.

Then he picked up a pen and drew a red circle around the two characters "Chu Tian".

"That's what I'm most afraid of."

He said his voice was very calm.

Yin Xue scratched his head.

Lin Mo didn't explain, but just continued scrolling down.

[Ye Hai: Level 78, S-rank Hero. Personality: Cowardly, insecure. Deeds: Never leaves his teammates' side on the battlefield, often muttering to himself, "Can someone like me really be a hero?" "Will I be a burden to everyone?" But whenever his teammates are in danger, he always unleashes power beyond his level, saving his teammates from the brink of death three times, yet afterwards he has absolutely no recollection of what he did.]

Lin Mo paused for a moment upon seeing this.

Yin Xue peeked out from the side and muttered softly, "This kind of person..."

Without hesitation, Lin Mo drew a red circle over Ye Hai's name.

Then he put down his pen and turned to look at Yin Xue.

"These kinds of people are the most cunning; they unleash their full power most fiercely in the final battle."

Yin Xue was stunned for a moment.

She looked into Lin Mo's eyes, which held no mockery or contempt, only an extreme calmness.

She suddenly remembered many years ago, a certain battle, and a brave warrior she had never taken seriously.

At the last moment, he suddenly unleashed power far exceeding his level, almost piercing her heart with a single sword strike.

"Back in the day... I seem to have suffered a similar loss."

Lin Mo did not press further.

Keep scrolling down.

He circled a few more names on the list.

A brave man who strives to improve himself after being jilted at marriage.

A boy who likes to drink monster milk.

A madman who claims he can see the "Earth" all day long and enjoys self-harm.

……

The last name on the list is a brave man surnamed Tang.

He spends all his time with a rabbit and even married that rabbit.

Lin Mo's lips twitched as he looked at it: "What the hell?"

Only after tossing that list aside was the sorting truly complete.

Looking at the list of names he had circled, Yin Xue finally couldn't help but ask.

"What exactly are your criteria for selecting these people?"

Lin Mo put down his pen and leaned back in his chair.

"These people must be dealt with immediately; keeping them around will only cause serious trouble in the future."

Yin Xue fell silent.

He Yuan stood beside him, quickly taking notes. He listed out the names marked with red circles separately and carefully put them away.

"I'll inform Laihu tomorrow morning and have him keep an eye on these things..."

"Laihu is no good."

Lin Mo interrupted him.

He Yuan's hand froze in mid-air. He looked up, a hint of confusion on his face.

Lai Hu is the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard, over level 80, and has several hundred men under his command. He can easily handle a few warriors around level 80.

He didn't understand why Lin Mo would reject the proposal.

"We need to send the hunting axe."

He Yuan's eyelid twitched.

A hunting axe?

As for?

They're just a few level 80 or so heroes, right?

Is it really necessary to send a level 98 veteran to keep watch?

He opened his mouth, as if to say something.

But seeing Lin Mo's expressionless face, he swallowed his words back.

Lin Mo did not explain.

He turned around and walked to the window.

The night outside the window was deep, and the lights of the capital city were sparse.